Inspector-General of Intelligence requested to investigate SABC spy allegations
30 August 2015
The DA has written to the Inspector-General of Intelligence, Advocate Faith Radebe, to request an investigation into allegations that the State Security Agency (SSA) is spying on SABC journalists and support staff.
According to Hannes Du Buisson, President of the Broadcast Electronic Media and Allied Workers' Union (Bemawu):
SSA personnel instructed SABC employees in Durban to leave their offices, and spent between 2 and 3 hours per office for a purpose unknown to the employees;
SABC employees were instructed to keep quiet about this and were threatened with action should they tell anybody; and